The division includes the variety of themes and research interests related to the field usually referred to as 鈥渢he philosophy of science鈥� in Russian academic tradition. The key themes within the division are: the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, philosophical foundations of probability theory, scientific realism, the philosophy of physics, the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of geology, the philosophy of archaeology, the philosophy of scientific experiment, and the issues of climate change.
The department is famous for hosting the best of the original Russian projects in the field of the philosophy of science: theory of the methodological principles of scientific knowledge (A.L. Simanov) and theory of social relays (L.S. Sycheva). The work on translating the key texts into Russian (鈥淭he ontological status of theoretical entities鈥� (G. Maxwell) and 鈥淐ritical scientific realism鈥� (I. Niiniluoto) contributes to the recognition of the department within the professional field. Faculty members also contribute a lot to one of the first Russian specialized journals .
Expert 鈥� DSc in Philosophy, Prof. Alexander Simanov,
simanov@philosophy.nsc.ru
